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   LIONEL MESSI

Messi playing for Barcelona
Personal information
Full name	Lionel Andrés Messi[1]
Date of birth	24 June 1987 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina[1]
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position	Forward

Lionel Andrés Messi ( born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for La Liga club FC Barcelona and is the current captain of the Argentina national team, playing mainly as a forward. He is currently Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions, excluding friendlies.[2]

"He (Lionel Messi) is the best player in the world by some distance", Arsne Wenger, the coach of the F.C. Arsenal, has proclaimed of the five-foot-eight-inch tall, Argentine-born football star, "He's (like) a PlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make".

Messi is making his ball handling skills and noticeable lower body strength a sight for sore eyes for the hard-core soccer fans. His soccer skills are so impressive that he has been compared to the Argentinean legend Diego.


Lionel Messi Training Workout  :

Lionel Messi trains very hard to get his speed and stamina running on high note on the football field. Lionel Messi training workout program consists of two separate workouts, one focusing on linear speed and one on multidirectional speed. Each workout is divided into three sections: movement preparation, plyometrics and movement skills.


                                                          Movement       set            Reps

Movement
Preparation                                Pillar bridge front       2           30 seonds
training                                       Knee hug lunge         1           4 each side
                                     Inverted hamstring strech       1           4 each side
                                                  Pillar skip - linear      1           15 yards
                                                    Rapid response
                                                2-foot - linear             2            5 seconds
Plyometrics
training                                     Hurdle hop                 2-3          5 hurdles each
                                                Split squat jump         2-3          4 each side

Movement skills
training                                   Acceleration wall
                                                drill - marching              2             5 each side
                                                Acceleration wall
                                                drill - single exchange     2             5 each side
                                 Acceleration - Splits tance            3-5          10 yards                                                                                  

                                                  Acceleration to base   3-5            10 yards



Workout 2 - MULTIDIRECTIONAL SPEED :

                                                             Movement          Set             Reps

Movement preparation             Pillar bridge - lateral              2                30seconds
training
                                                   Lateral lunge                  1                4 each side

                                                 Rotational lunge strech      1               4 each side
                                                 Pillar skip - lateral             1              10 yards each side
                              Rapid Response 1-foot lateral base        2               5 seconds
Plyometrics training                Hurdle hop - lateral              2-3            5 hurdles each
                                                 Lateral bound                  2-3            4 each side
Movement skill training           Lateral shuffle to cut            2-3            4 each side
                                             3-hurdle drill - stabilization     2                     3
                                            3-hurdle drill- continuous        2                     3
                                             3-hurdle drill to dropstep        2             3 each side
                                                  Mirror drill                     3-4             5-10 seconds


                                      Lionel Messi Training lesson video!

In an almost move for move reproduction of Maradona's "goal of the century" against England in the 1986 World Cup semi-final - English fans will never forgive Maradona scoring off a handball in the same match, dubbed by Maradona himself as "the hand of God" - Leo Messi received the ball from Xavi, beat a total of five Getafe players and then knocked the ball past the goalkeeper into the net, running a distance of 63 metres in doing so.